#you can judge someone off of one sentence tho! and it’s specifically 14 words long

[bilbobagginsomebabez]

tbh they’re engaging a bigot in argument with other bigots watching; I wouldn’t take arguments in that context as the true nature of their whole belief system.

the person who said “if you feel this way, fine” is appealing to the conservative sense of dignified pageantry and white supremacist notions of what constitutes a ‘civilized people’ in order to civility-politics conservatives into controlling their racist bloodlust in public. which, if effective, does create a chilling effect on unabashed displays of violent fascist fantasies by people in a position of power (a good thing). the person prefaced this civility politics argument with a separation between themselves and their argument from arguments that have already been dismissed as the petty concerns of woke snowflakes. in essence, “i’m Different from the people you’ve already dismissed and I also say shut the fuck up but for a new reason you should take seriously.”

this is why I say it’s a skill to argue with fascists and just not to engage if you don’t have any rhetorical versatility. because this is what it looks like. fascists are familiar enough with leftist language and leftist ideology to dismiss anything related to it or similar to it. you have to hide your argument inside their rhetoric and expectations. in this case, using their own purported expectation of appropriate and civil behavior against them.

that being said, I do not think that this is an effective argumentation tactic and it’s not one that I would use. it fails because conservatives only demand civility on behalf of people they consider fully human, not to those they’ve already unpersoned. pretenses of civility only remain until there’s an excuse to drop them and “meet savagery with savagery,” a belief rooted in eugenicist theories of racial hierarchies and how “inferior” “savage” races are physically stronger and more violent while “civilized” “superior” races are physically weaker but more intelligent. when white supremacist fascists are met with the consequences of their own violence (like anti-American sentiment fomenting in the 20yr long war zone we caused), they take it instead as proof of their racial hierarchies and permission to leave behind their intellectual superiority and embrace brute violence to fight against a physically stronger and “savage” threat.

so while I think this is a bad and ineffective argument, i’m not as inclined to automatically assume that this person is a fascist or happy about and supportive of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry or calls for violence against them. I think they’re probably saying shit that they think (or hope) will convince fascists to be quieter. they could be tho! they could actually be fine with the racism and truly believe that civility politics are important for respectability and white civilization. I do not know. but neither do you. tbh it’s close to impossible to judge someone off of two sentences.

[barblebapkins]

thank u anon, but an ask meme isnt an ask meme if your friends dont make you do ALL of them @maybewaffle​ @thanat0ast​

1. What is you middle//full name? Ryan Joseph <REDACTED>

2. How old are you? 22

3. What is your birthday? August 10th

4. What is your zodiac sign? leo

5. What is your favorite color? green! a darker shade of it tho, like pine or something like that

6. What’s your lucky number? ??? i never really had one

7. Do you have any pets? YES my doggo scarlett who thinks shes much lighter than she actually is

8. Where are you from? lived in new york my whole life

9. How tall are you? like 5′3′’ SHUT UP

10. What shoe size are you? size 10

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? just two, one for work and one for not-work

12. What was your last dream about? i dont remember, i dont have memorable/vivid dreams

13. What talents do you have? none! wow!

14. Are you psychic in any way? i wouldnt say psychic?? but me and my twin sister often share thoughts and finish eachothers sentences

15. Favorite song? i’ve been listening to this a lot lately as a de-stresser. it calms me down wonderously

16. Favorite movie? i’m not big on live action movies, if i had to pick one, i guess it’d be pirates of the caribbean. animated-wise, i’ve always loved hercules, and i secretly have both gurren lagann movies on my phone lmao

17. Who would be your ideal partner? like a specific person?? i dont know, but someone i click with and can trust implicitly

18. Do you want children? yes?? no??? maybe?????

19. Do you want a church wedding? no, no point. marriage isnt  a religious thing, never really was.

20. Are you religious? i used to want to be to feel better about myself, but now i dont know if its even worth it

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? i had to be rushed there when i was little cos of a breathing problem i had in the middle of the night, havent been since

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? no im a good egg

23. Have you ever met any celebrities? i’ve met bud harrelson, and randy jackson of Zebra a few times

24. Baths or showers? i only ever take showers, but baths are clearly the superior choice

25. What color socks are you wearing? i am NOT

26. Have you ever been famous? no and i dont wanna be

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? see above

28. What type of music do you like? mostly game tracks, though i do love when people share stuff with me

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? no

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? just one

31. What position do you usually sleep in? on my back or on my side facing the wall

32. How big is your house? finished basement, main floor, and attic

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? on a work day, a bagel and juice from dunkin donuts cos its right next to the bus stop. otherwise, i usually skip it

34. Have you ever fired a gun? yes, just a hand gun. i didn’t like it

35. Have you ever tried archery? nop

36. Favorite clean word? the word scrungus is funnier to me than it should be

37. Favorite swear word? fuck!!!

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? i’ve gone a whole 24 hours without sleep and it was a bad idea. i was so sick the next day

39. Do you have any scars? i have a mark on my left knee from when i fell and fucked it up like 10 years ago, and a lot of small cuts on my hands from work

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? i dont think so

41. Are you a good liar? actually yes, i can make solid stories up on the spot

42. Are you a good judge of character? i tend to think so, it’s certainly gotten much better since a few years ago

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? not well, no

44. Do you have a strong accent? nope

45. What is your favorite accent? idk if this counts as an accent or a dialect or something, but the way the japanese language is spoken is so neat imo

46. What is your personality type? is this the whole four-letter acronym thing?? i forget what i got on it, someone remind me to do it one day

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? i dont buy expensive stuff, probably my $50 non-work shoes

48. Can you curl your tongue? yes

49. Are you an innie or an outie? innie

50. Left or right handed? right-handed

51. Are you scared of spiders? depends on how big they are. theyre either a tiny friend or a giant menace to society

52. Favorite food? anything barbecued honestly. i would eat a rock if you grill it for 5 minutes 

53. Favorite foreign food? i love love LOVE any kind of rice from any culture in any style i will eat all of it

54. Are you a clean or messy person? i am very clean and will straighten up other peoples messes

55. Most used phrased? i dont know?? i never noticed if i have one (someone pls tell me if i do)

56. Most used word? probably fuck

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? if i wake up late for work i can get dressed and be out of the house in like 2 minutes

58. Do you have much of an ego? no?? i hate myself!!

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? suck on them. thats how you break your damn teeth

60. Do you talk to yourself? not really, but i think to myself a lot

61. Do you sing to yourself? hum, not sing

62. Are you a good singer? nah

63. Biggest Fear? mortality hahahahaha

64. Are you a gossip? depends on what we’re talking about. if its, like, a secret or something that someone told me personally, that shit gets thrown in the vault.

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? blah i dont like drama movies

66. Do you like long or short hair? i dont mind either

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? yes, i think so. if you’re asking me to do it here, no

68. Favorite school subject? computer science

69. Extrovert or Introvert? very very very very introvert, and i’m not ashamed of it. my ideal night is sitting at home in quiet calmness, talking to friends or something like that

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? no

71. What makes you nervous? literally everyone and everything around me! i am so schizophrenic and afraid that people dont like me its not even funny!

72. Are you scared of the dark? no, i actually prefer it

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? depends on the mistake, if its like a dumb grammar error i just leave it alone

74. Are you ticklish? kinda

75. Have you ever started a rumor? no! thats mean!

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? nop

77. Have you ever drank underage? actually DRANK drank, no. but i had sips and stuff like that

78. Have you ever done drugs? nope

79. Who was your first real crush? hahahahahahahaha no thanks dont even want to THINK about that right now

80. How many piercings do you have? none

81. Can you roll your Rs?“ yes i can

82. How fast can you type? fast

83. How fast can you run? not fast

84. What color is your hair? dark-ish brown

85. What color is your eyes? green

86. What are you allergic to? pollen and dust and long cat hair (i have to keep claratin in my back pocket at all times this time of year)

87. Do you keep a journal? nope

88. What do your parents do? my dad is a sales engineer and i forget what my mom does honestly

89. Do you like your age? everyone says i look like 17 or 18 and i HATE it

90. What makes you angry? when i have something carefully planned and it goes off track

91. Do you like your own name? its mkay

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? no not at all

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? i dont?? know

94. What are you strengths? im kinda funny i guess

95. What are your weaknesses? *opens a filing cabinet*

96. How did you get your name? i think my mom picked it out, idk where she got it from

97. Were your ancestors royalty? no but my paternal grandfather was potentially in or related to the mafia

98. Color of your room? white

99. Color of your bedspread? blue

100. Make up your own question: imagine how is sink into my flesh